On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:58:58 +1100 Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:58:55PM -0600, Jacob Schroeder said > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:31:53 +0000 > > Ben Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for a new laptop, and wondered what DDs used. I might > > > go for the Apple 15" powerbook, but I'm not sure. > > > > > > My apologies for this slightly off-topic post... > > > > I hear iBooks have a much better value for the money. Not just from > > a > > iBook's are quite solid little machines, but be aware that you cannot > use their internal wireless under Linux. Same with the powerbooks, but > you can at least use a pcmcia card there (on the 15" and 17" ones). True. But if you like the fact that iBooks don't get beat up quite as fast, and you're a geek/hacker you can always do something like this to get wireless: http://www3.telus.net/thewitt/BT/ Then you don't even have an antenna sticking out like you do with pcmcia. For that matter though, I can't see that much difference in a wireless usb stick and a pcmcia when the usb and iBook are both used without modification. Just my $0.02. Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
